Ford recalling cars in US and Canada

Ford is recalling 370,000 cars in the US and Canada because of fears that corrosion in the vehicles may affect their steering systems.

AP reports that about 15,000 of the vehicles being recalled are in Canada and around 355,000 are in the US.

There have been no reported incidents or injuries as a result of the problem. However, dealers will inspect the cars and may replace the lower intermediate steering shaft and possibly resecure a lower steering column bearing and replace the upper intermediate steering shaft.

The American states affected are New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and West Virginia.

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